Chapter 193: Speed Pass Stan
The next day, early morning.
Kirataka, who experienced the same morning for the second time, changed his clothes in advance, woke up Anna, and waited outside the door.
Soon, the girl changed into a light blue dress and came out of the room.
After a simple breakfast, the two came to the street again.
This time, Kirataka had no intention of separating from Anna. After all, he no longer had any reason to be captured and taken to the World Serpent's secret base.
He planned to capture Stan with Anna as the end of this mission.
'After I get back, I will immediately deal with Wendy's related matters.'
He saw from the Jackal's mind that her invasion plan would be launched at twelve noon tonight, and if he went back after dealing with Stan, he would have just enough time.
Kirataka and Anna unfolded a map of the Town on the street. He pointed to Stan's activity area and said to the girl beside him:
"Shall we go look for it here together today?"
"um."
Anna made no sense of it.
Although in theory searching for kittens would be more efficient if two people were to do it separately, she... naturally wanted to stay with Kirataka more.
After deciding on the destination, the two of them set off towards it.
Soon, they came to the entrance of an alley.
The two walked in, and sure enough, there was a kitten lying dormant in the middle of the alley.
"Kirataka, look, there's a cat over there..."
Anna pointed at Stan, who was still some distance away.
It was looking at them with hostile eyes. However, cats are naturally very wary of other creatures, so Anna didn't think much about it.
She walked forward lightly, gradually approaching, and the kitten stretched out her hand and waved:
"Good boy~ come here~"
The kitten's cute appearance is indeed very misleading. Even Kirataka, if he didn't know Stan's true identity beforehand, probably wouldn't have mistaken it for a Honkai beast.
"Meow~"
Stan's expression seemed to soften a little, and he took a tentative step towards them.
"Hey, Kirataka, look, it's coming!"
Anna said with some surprise.
She opened her arms, ready to pick up the kitten.
"…"
Kirataka stood behind Anna, looking at Stan who was gradually approaching, and activated his ability without making any expression.
This guy was probably planning to deceive them with his cute appearance, then lift the restrictions in an instant and knock them out with the power of an Honkai Beast.
Stan's battle plan was indeed perfect from a cat's perspective, but unfortunately -
The information he had obtained from the Jackal's head before was not only the method of treating Wendy and the details of her invasion plan, he also obtained information about Stan's weaknesses.
—Its Honkai beast transformation was achieved with the help of the "collar" around its neck, which the Jackal called a limiter.
Therefore, as long as he takes control of the collar, he can limit Stan's power and turn him into an ordinary kitten.
Remote control of such electronic equipment is Kirataka's specialty.
He quietly activated his ability. Before Stan transformed, he emitted an electromagnetic wave band based on the data he had obtained from the Jackal's head, connected to the limiter, and limited its function.
If you can defeat the enemy without fighting, do it. It's better to save some effort.
After doing all this, Kirataka looked leisurely at Stan who was already close to him.
The kitten, which originally seemed harmless, suddenly jumped up and pounced on Anna the moment she was about to be picked up.
"Meow!" (You've been fooled!)
"Huh?"
Anna was a little caught off guard that Stan was rushed into her arms.
"...Meow?" (???)
Stan made a surprised sound in the girl's arms.
What happened?
Why didn't it get bigger?
What about its invincible power?
It had originally intended to swoop in and launch a fierce attack on the two humans in front of him, but he did not grow as large as he had imagined but remained the same.
Stan's eyes became confused.
Anna grabbed him, and Kirataka pretended to scan Stan's body back and forth with the Honkai energy scanner.
Even without the limiter removed, there were indeed traces of Honkai energy remaining on the cat's body, causing the scanner to sound a red alarm.
Kirataka turned off the instrument and said to Anna:
"It looks like this kitten is the one we are looking for."
"Well, it doesn't look like it's been seriously infected by Honkai energy yet. Maybe we can take it back to the branch base and raise it."
Anna said with a smile as she looked at the kitten trying to struggle in her arms.
If it was an animal that was severely infected and had undergone obvious Honkai transformation, it would have to be excluded. However, the kitten in her arms looked to be in good condition. If she went back for a checkup to rule out any problems, she should be able to keep it as a pet in the base.
Kirataka had no objection to this.
He had originally intended to bring Stan back, not for anything else, but to be able to lure the Jackal to continue her invasion after dealing with Stan.
As for its liquidation, he'll do it later.
The two of them left the alley with Stan and began to prepare to return to the branch's base.
Anyway...
Kirataka, who was standing beside Anna, looked at the kitten in the girl's arms and glanced at Stan's crotch with some concern.
Well, it's a female cat.
(TL: What?! Stan is a female?! )
On the train back to the branch base, Stan was anxiously communicating with his master:
"Meow!" (Master, my limiter is broken, I was caught by them!)
Without the limiter that could unleash its power, it would be no different from an ordinary kitten.
"…How could something go wrong? It's really strange."
The Jackal on the other side was also confused. She asked:
"Stan, they haven't doubted your identity yet, right?"
"Meow." (Probably not yet.)
"That's great. You can just follow them back to the Schicksal base and cooperate with our offensive operations. I will replenish your limiter when the time comes."
The Jackal ordered Stan from the other side.
In her opinion, this was also a good opportunity. She had originally planned to capture the Herrscher of Wind when launching the invasion. If Stan were to be in charge of this matter, the success rate would be higher.
"Meow." (I understand, Master.)
After the call ended, Jackal looked at the information and intelligence about the Schicksal Oceania branch on the screen, and sneered under the mask:
"Hmph, when the clock strikes twelve at midnight, these guys from Schicksal will be waiting to receive my gift."
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